Improved baling-pbess



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Be it known that L'GEORGE W. SERRIN, of Memphis, in the county of Shelby, and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and improved Baling-Pressg'and I do hereby -declarc that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. Y

` This invention relates to 'certain improvements in hailing-presses, and consists in suspending the inner ends or joints of the toggle-levers operating platens in opposite directions, from. cords or chains, whereby the pressure upon the bales in the press shall be uniform without regard to their relative sizes. i

In all presses having two platens, heretofore constructed, the inner joints of the-togglc-levers havc'been guided between two bars or other iixed guides, by means of theirpivotngpins or shafts, in aline at right angles to the line of movement ofthe platens.

The guides being fixed orA stationary, always caused the pivoting-pins or shafts to travel in the same plane without variation, ,and therefore destroyed the eai'cieney of the press, from the fact'that where the 1cales 'to be vpressed were unequal in size, the larger bale received the' greatest amount of pressure, leaving the smaller bale oose and unpressed. j

By my invention this diiiiculty is avoided, `as the suspended points ofthe toggledevers are made flexible,

distributing the force derived from 'their operation equally throughout each platen, whcrebyva large and small bale may he formednnder the same degree of pressurea My invention further consists in retracting the platens after' pressing the bales by the sante cords which v are employed to force the platens apart in the operation of pressing. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the'line a', hg. 2.

Figure 2, a transverse vertical section ofthe same, taken in the line y y, iig. Il.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Ai` represents the fra-ming offthe press, which may be constructed of wood; and B represent the pressL boxes, in which the followers or platcns C work I To the inner side of each follower or platen, C, there are attached, byjoints a a, the levers D D. i These ievers D D D D are connected at their inner ends by joints b 6, and itwill be seen, by referring `to igfl, that they comprise a double toggle. These Itoggles may be constructed of metal or wood. f of the latter material, the joints should be of metal, constructed in any strong and durable manner, the joints which connect the leversto thc'followers or platcns being attached to the latter by cast-iron saddles, c.

The pintles of the joints lfb, at the inner ends of the levers, have each a bar, E, fitted loosely thereon: These bars are perforated at each cn 1, and to the outer end of cach barl a cord or chain, F, is attached.

The upper cord or chain F passes over pulleys, c c, in across-piece, d, on the upper part of the framing,`

land the lower cord or chain F passes under similar pulleys, c c', in a cross-piece, d,at the lower part of the framing, (see iig. 2.) v

The two cords or chains F F are attached to a shaft, G, fitted transversely in the lframing between thc two' pairs of toggles, the two cords or chains winding upon the shaft in opposite directions.

The inner endsof the bars E have each-a cord or chain, H, attached', which are connected to the shaft I so as to wind upon it in opposite directions.

The shaft Gis rotated by any convenient or desired power; and when rotated in one direction, so'as tot cause the cords or chains H H to be wound upon it, the joints b b, at the inner ends of the levers vD DD D',

will bedrawn towards each other, and the followers or platcns C C forced or moved outward, as indicated by the arrows l, and the substance or material in the press-boxes B B will be compressed.

When the shaft G'is rotated in the opposite direction, the cords or chains F F will draw apart the joints b b of the levers D D D D', and the followers or platens C C will be drawn back towards cach other, the' cords or chains H H being pnwonud from shaft G as F F are wound upon it, and vice versa.

By this simple arrangement, a very powerful and compact balingipresss obtained, and one which may be constructed at a very moderate cost.

I claimA as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I i y Thefteggle-levers, when suspended npon the cords or chainsrF H, forming exiblc suspension-points, 4 whereby bales of unequal size are pressed with equal force by the platens C, subst'antially as herein set forth. 2. The arrangement of the cords F H, pulleys n c', and'windlass G, as herein described, for the purpose specified.

GEORGE W, SERRIN.

Witnesses:

A. H. DE CLERCQ, J. H. McGUIRE. 

